BACKGROUND Alpine skiing and snowboarding are popular winter activities worldwide, enjoyed by participants of all ages and skill levels. There is some evidence that the incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) in these activities may be increasing. These injuries can cause death or severe debilitation, both physically and emotionally, and also result in enormous fi...

Abstract Arguably, extreme sports athletes exhibit a more significant risk appetite than the general public. Are standard behavioral measures able to capture this? To answer this question, we assessed self-reports of taking and measured risk-taking behavior samples snowboarders climbers. Two groups non-athletes, university students crowdworkers, sport that does not include potential grave injur...

The authors' Level I trauma center has advocated the use of ski helmets for several years and in 1998, undertook a social-marketing campaign and a helmet loaner program to increase helmet use among skiers and snowboarders. The loaner program's effect on helmet acceptance was measured by comparing helmet acceptance in participating rental stores with acceptance in nonparticipating stores during ...

The wrist is a common injury site for snowboarders who often fall onto an outstretched hand. Wrist protectors are worn by some to prevent injuries attenuating impact forces and limiting extension. This paper presents bespoke pendulum test device impacting when fitted surrogate. rig can replicate risk scenarios, while measuring temporal extension angles. Results from testing 12 snowboarding pres...